Bige Bascombe

Bige Bascombe (died 20 November 1776) was a soldier in the Continental Army from Pennsylvania during the American Revolutionary War and one of the men involved in the Bascombe mutiny.

Biography
Bige Bascombe was born in Donegal, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, the cousin of Eben, Quill, and Newt Bascombe. Bascombe joined the Pennsylvania militia during the American Revolutionary War along with his cousins, and they served under General Charles Scott and Captain Benjamin Tallmadge in the autumn of 1776. When rumors spread about George Washington's death and Caleb Brewster's intention to desert, the Bascombes decided to mutiny against their officers and turn them over to the British. As Bige approached Tallmadge and Scott to arrest them, however, local New Jersey resident Gideon Standish shot Bige in the back, killing him.